o Wilbur: born April 16, 1867 in New Castle, IN

o Orville: born on August 19, 1871 in Dayton, OH

o Parents: Susan and Miltono Lived in Dayton, OHo 1878: Toy helicopter from father

Thinking- fly with engine in a glider Worked on building a real plane 1909- Wright brothers form the

American Wright Company Wilbur died in 1912 at age 45 Orville died in 1948 at age 77

Likes Tinkering with

things Seeing what could

fly Flying in flying

shows Teaching people

how to fly

Dislikes Inventions don’t

work

1892 bike shop in Dayton, OH was opened

Wilbur and Orville built huge kites and gliders in 1900

1900: brothers began thinking about machines that fly

Wilbur & Orville always wanted to know how things worked

Orville got caught tinkering with wood in 2nd grade when he was supposed to be working

Gliders turned into airplanes Katherine- sister in Germany

WB National Memorials – Kill Devil Hills, NC {Dedicated in 1932}

Risk Takers: Flew up in airplane Creativity: Created the plane Thinker: LOTS of thinking to come up

with the plane

Reflection: reflected on the airplane to make it better

Change: change the airplane so it would go faster

Function: to get people places faster Connection: airplane is another form of

transportation

Elle: Did you have a pet? Julia: Is Katherine younger or older than

them? Johnny: Why did you build what you built? Christian: Why did you like stuff that flew

so much?

Thank you for flying with the Wright Brothers!

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